I'm not sure, because they had similar goals 25 years ago. In 1989 they wanted to get it up to 25% and even though they increased the number of women, we were dropping like flies. Our life expectancy within the RCMP was one to five years, or three to five years. I'm not sure if anything is going to change without that cultural shift within the organization. However, I do believe that yes, having more women makes it safer for other women, at least if they can have someone to share with, but if people are seduced into protecting the RCMP, having a woman beside you who thinks the RCMP is perfect and will not defend you is useless.
It has to be a cultural mind-shift with everybody, including a group of females who are joining. If you're not standing together, then you're divided, and from my experience that's what the RCMP counts on.